Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2014-3716

 

Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2014-3716

Published: May 19, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41660
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3716
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Xen 4.4.x does not properly check alignment, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an unspecified field in a DTB header in a 32-bit guest kernel.


Affected software

Xen

How to mitigate CVE-2014-3716

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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